Danzig Mauser
Stopped into a local gun shop today for a box of ammo and came across a rather odd-looking Mauser. At first glance, I thought it was a Turk, but, upon examination, found that it was stamped on the...
View ArticleRe: Danzig Mauser
All I have to say is, you haven't got it yet. Just about any Gew 98 in half way decent shape is worth that.RadNRA Life MemberAmerican Motorcyclist Assoc Life Member
View ArticleRe: Danzig Mauser
Well, I went ahead and picked it up today. There is no upper handguard or cleaning rod, but that sort of thing is easy to find at the gunshows here. Couple screws missing, but that is another item...
View ArticleRe: Danzig Mauser
Leftysergeant:I am not so sure about that method of headspace testing.You can probably pick up a set of gauges for about $60 +/- from Midway or one of the other mail order houses.Heck, these days you...
View ArticleRe: Danzig Mauser
I probably will order the guages when I order the sling, cleaning rod and replacements screws and such. It will take a while to get out to the range. Have to register weapons going to the range on Ft...
View ArticleRe: Danzig Mauser
Pretty sure the "s" marke indicates that the rifle is chambered for the "s" or spitzer 7.92x57 round. The round was updated in 1903 I think.A long gone 1905 Danzig that had been converted into a 98k...
View ArticleRe: Danzig Mauser
I finally found time to totally disassemble the thing, and everything that had a number on it matches. But I am finding things that bother me. The safety does not engage. I can re-assemble the bolt...
View ArticleRe: Danzig Mauser
The safety should allow the cocking piece to move forward a bit when moving it to 'fire' position from 'safe'. For the safety to work properly, when moving from 'fire' to 'safe' the safety needs tp...
View ArticleRe: Danzig Mauser
Yes, I understand that part, but my thhought was that perhaps the play in the sear allowed the cocking piece to move too far forward for the safety to re-engage and push the cocking piece back from...
View ArticleRe: Danzig Mauser
You are most likely absolutely correct. Its hard to say with all that cobbled hardware exactly what is working like it should be. What are you going to do? Get the right stuff and see how it seems to...
View ArticleRe: Danzig Mauser
I have a danzig gew 98 mauser, $150 is what I got mine for , all matching. these rifles were normally in the white, so it looks like the one you have was reblued at some point. All the screws and...
View ArticleRe: Danzig Mauser
Forgot to add, their is a lot of good information on the mauser model rifles in the book " military mausers of the world"
View ArticleRe: Danzig Mauser
add the new triiger parts see what happens. as far as i know the handguards were the same.i assembled a gew 98 last year, all picked up parts from here and there, with a donor 98/22 thorwin in for...
View ArticleRe: Danzig Mauser
Was that Gew98 a later model with the standard leaf sight, or was it the roller-coaster sight? It might be a bit of a fitting issue, as was pointed out earlier. Suppose a Turk upper might fit better?...
View ArticleRe: Danzig Mauser
Well, I finally got the headspace checked by a gunsmith. Great headspace. Problem arose, though, when he looked down the barrel. Seems I have some pitting in there that I didn't notice while I was...
View ArticleRe: Danzig Mauser
maybe a different gunsmith? Othrr than that you can either part it out on ebay or, the other extreme, re-barrel it.
View ArticleRe: Danzig Mauser
Hmmmmmmmm.............that guy may have thought he could get a cheap action. I believe I would clean it some more, and do a field test with the old string and tie down deal to see what happens. IMHO (...
View ArticleRe: Danzig Mauser
I have had a couple other people looking down the barrel since then. Most of my friends seem to have fired worse-looking rifles without mishap.Think I'll try a few rounds of modern ammo just to see...
View ArticleRe: Danzig Mauser
hmmm it would have to be pretty durn deep pitting to make the barrel unsafe. if the bore looks good other than a small area then i would do the string and trigger thing...with him offering to take it...
View ArticleRe: Danzig Mauser
Other than a few screws missing and the wierd ersatz parts in the sear assembly, it looks pretty good. With a properly fitted spring and sear pin, the safety works just fine. No external rust to speak...
View Article
